Why I love the Vampire Chronicles

[autumnsparkle]

But he was only Lestat, as I've described him to you: devoid of mystery, finally, his limits as familiar to me in those months in eastern Europe as his charms. I wanted to forget him, and yet it seemed I thought of him always. It was as if the empty nights were made for thinking of him. And sometimes I felt myself so vividly aware of him it was as

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[cutepoisonlola]

I just read the book a few months ago, and I was surprised how good it was. I saw the movie when it came out but I never read the book because the cover looked... I don't know... cheap? Like it would be some crappy pulp fiction novel, and I didn't want it to spoil the movie.

But what do you know! When I finally read the book, it turned out to be one of the deepest and the most touching ones I've read, even if it is about vampires, and therefore not to be taken seriously. My ass. I'm ready to defend Interview with the Vampire to anyone who says it's low brow because of the vampires.

[autumnsparkle]

Yeah I agree it looks kind of cheap, but the content so isn't! Have you read the other books too? Because if you haven't, I strongly recommend them!